Mark Orton

Mark Orton (born ca. 1968) is an American composer and musician. An alumnus of the Peabody Conservatory and the Hartt School of Music, he is a founding member of the San Francisco-based Tin Hat chamber music group As a film composer, he is probably best known for his scores for the Academy Award-nominated film Nebraska (2013) and the Academy Award-winning The Holdovers (2023), both directed by Alexander Payne. A recipient of a Sundance Composer Fellowship and nominee for Best New Composer by The International Film Music Critics Association, some of his other film credits as a composer include The Good Girl (2002), My Old Lady (2014) and Sweet Land (2006), while he has written or performed songs in films including Everything Is Illuminated (2005) and The Boxtrolls (2014). Orton lives in Portland, Oregon and is a collector of antique and unusual instruments.

On Swift Horses (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - 2025-04-25T00:00:00.000000Z

Somewhere in Queens (Original Motion Picture Score) - 2023-06-23T00:00:00.000000Z

12 Mighty Orphans (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - 2021-06-11T00:00:00.000000Z

The Last Shift - 2021-04-02T00:00:00.000000Z

Loop (Original Score) - 2020-02-28T00:00:00.000000Z

People Places Things (Music From The Motion Picture) - 2015-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

My Old Lady (Music from the Motion Picture) - 2014-09-16T00:00:00.000000Z

Nebraska (Original Soundtrack) - 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Sweet Land - 2006-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

5/4 for Constantine (from The Holdovers) - 2023-11-03T00:00:00.000000Z

Into the Unknown (from The Holdovers) - 2023-10-27T00:00:00.000000Z

Joan (Original Motion Picture Score) - 2015-11-06T00:00:00.000000Z

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